Ubisoft stock jumps again as Tencent and Guillemot negotiate buyout
A lot might be riding on Assassin's Creed Shadows
Toshiba plans to proceed with 2 trillion yen buyout offer from Japanese conglomerate
Successful takeover would delist Toshiba from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and allow the company to restructure
Microsoft and Activision extend $69 billion merger deadline to quell CMA concerns
The extension also opens the door for the FTC to take further action after is injunction denial
Internal Microsoft documents and analysis indicate Game Pass cannibalizes sales
Turns out letting GP subscribers play games for free is not as beneficial to game sales as Microsoft originally said
Investment firms could be eyeing Ubisoft for a takeover
The company has seen a 64-percent drop in share value over the last four years
Morgan Stanley and others fund Elon Musk in $46.5 billion Twitter takeover bid
He would need to pick up 41.8 percent to take Twitter private, but much less could give him control
Twitter signals intent to "poison" stock should Elon Musk acquire a 15% stake
The poison pill strategy discourages a takeover by making it too expensive
HP bets on hybrid work by acquiring Poly for $3.3 billion
The acquisition should be completed by the end of 2022
Discord has reportedly walked away from buyout talks with Microsoft
It might consider a public offering instead
Apple finalizes acquisition of Intel's mobile modem division
Intel still has the option to continue making non-smartphone modems
US Justice Department reportedly leaning to deny T-Mobile and Sprint's merger
DoJ antitrust chief unsure if buyout is in the public's best interest
Epic acquires Rocket League developer Psyonix
Steam users don't need to panic, though...yet
Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock
Redmond vows to 'retain [GitHub's] product philosophy'
Epic Games buys Finnish anti-cheat software startup Kamu
Kamu's install base stands at over 100 million computers covering 80+ different games
Apple given green light by EU on Shazam acquisition
Merger does not violate antitrust regulations
FCC has effectively killed the Sinclair/Tribune merger
The commission is referring disputed divestitures to an administrative law judge
GameFly cloud gaming assets and talent picked up by EA
For now, GameFly subscribers remain unaffected
Apple reportedly just picked up AR start-up Vrvana for $30 million
Apple looks to have a product shipped by 2020
IO Interactive will break from Square Enix to become an independent studio
And it is taking Hitman with it
